Debilitate: To impair the strength or to enfeeble. A chronic progressive disease may debilitate a patient. So may, temporarily, a major surgical procedure. In both cases the weakness is pervasive. Weakness in an arm or leg following the removal of a cast is not debility. The word "debilitate" comes from the Latin word "debilis" for "weak."
de·bil·i·tate (d-b l-t t) tr.v. de·bil·i·tat·ed, de·bil·i·tat·ing, de·bil·i·tates. To sap the strength or energy of; enervate. [Latin d bilit re, d ...
Definition of DEBILITATE. transitive verb: to impair the strength of : enfeeble — de·bil·i·ta·tion \-ËŒ bi-lÉ™-ˈ tÄ-shÉ™n\ noun. See debilitate defined for ...
verb (used with object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing. to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely. Origin: 1525–35; < Latin ...
tr.v. , -tat·ed , -tat·ing , -tates . To sap the strength or energy of; enervate. [Latin dÄ“bilitÄre, dÄ“bilitÄt- , from dÄ“bilis , weak.] debilitation de·bil ...
verb: incapacitate. Synonyms: attenuate , blunt , cripple , devitalize, disable ... verb: weaken. Synonyms: abate , constrict, contract , cripple, debilitate ...